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ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA - Saint Raphael the Archangel - ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA Córdoba 1616 - 1668 Saint Raphael the Archangel Oil on canvas Measures 160 x 105 cm Origin: Collection particular, Córdoba. It is an unpublished and characteristic work in the pictorial production of Antonio del Castillo that can be related to the version preserved in the Córdoba City Hall with which it maintains a great compositional similarity. However, here the Custodian of Córdoba is represented as a pilgrim - he wears a short cape or cape and carries the cane in his right hand - that recall the biblical passage described in the Book of Elijah. One of the two signs that appear at the feet of the Archangel recall the Oath to Father Roelas that occurred on May 7, 1596: ”I swear to you by Crucified Jesus Christ that I am Raphael, an angel whom God has placed as guardian of this town”. Bibliography: Navarrete Prieto, Benito y Nancarrow, Mindy; Antonio del Castillo. Life and Work, Foundation for the Support of the History of Hispanic Art, Madrid, 2004.